Annotation:In the seventh procedural featuring the wheelchair-bound NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme, Rhyme pursues the Watchmaker, a sadistic serial killer who leaves a clock and a cryptic note next to his victims. Meanwhile, Rhyme's partner, Detective Amelia Sachs, investigates a potential connection between an apparent suicide and a group of dirty cops.

Author Bio

Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Wilds Deaver was born and raised in Chicago. He attended the University of Missouri and received a law degree from Fordham University. A self-described "terrible attorney," Deaver quit the law in 1990 to pursue a full-time writing career based on his fascination with and love of suspense. "When I teach courses in writing," Deaver said in a barnesandnoble.com interview, "I always tell my students to write what you enjoy reading and I have always been a big fan of the sort of book I write--the plot-driven commercial thriller." Deaver's modus operandi has proven lucrative since his first book was published in the early 1990s. Several of his books have achieved best-seller status and two--THE BONE COLLECTOR (1997) and A MAIDEN'S GRAVE (1995)--have been adapted for film. Deaver's sister, Julie Reece Deaver, is an author of young adult books.